24

14

26.6

27.5

27.3

.693

.710

95.3%

3.9%

99.2%

-0.4%

-0.4%

When the baseball gods make your All-Star second baseman sick moments before game time, that's a sign someone feels the playing field is uneven.

2

22

15

25.2

26.3

25.2

.667

.649

80.7%

13.0%

93.7%

-0.4%

-2.8%

The Cardinals are second in baseball in OPS, which is pretty impressive when you consider that they've given 90 plate appearances to pitchers.

3

24

13

22.0

21.5

21.0

.598

.579

61.8%

3.9%

65.7%

-2.4%

1.2%

How bad is the Dodgers lineup without Matt Kemp? Bobby Abreu, weeks off being released by the other Los Angeles team, was hitting third last night.

4

20

17

19.5

19.5

19.4

.530

.550

50.4%

28.3%

78.7%

-8.7%

-0.8%

Contrary to popular belief, of the Yankees' 56 home runs, only 24 were missed bunt attempts to right field.

5

23

15

22.1

21.2

20.5

.571

.552

48.0%

31.5%

79.5%

-1.6%

6.7%

Prepare to be impressed in three... two... one... Brian McCann has 15 walks and only 13 strikeouts.

6

21

16

18.1

19.9

19.7

.531

.551

47.6%

13.0%

60.6%

6.3%

7.5%

Indians left fielders have hit .184/.285/.287, which is really bad, but not quite as bad as this: .184/.263/.294. That's the slash line from Indians first basemen.

7

18

19

17.5

16.5

16.7

.464

.484

42.9%

14.6%

57.5%

-8.7%

-7.1%

The Tigers aren't running away with it as was expected, but if nothing else they can take comfort in the fact that each team in the AL Central has been outscored.

8

24

14

20.8

21.0

21.4

.574

.593

33.5%

39.8%

73.2%

-0.8%

0.4%

Changing speeds works well for Jeremy Hellickson when it comes to hitters, but not so well when it comes to romance. "Let's take it slow, OK? We shouldn't rush into anything lets get married!"

9

18

19

17.5

18.8

18.3

.491

.471

21.3%

5.5%

26.8%

-13.0%

-9.8%

If we didn't count the East divisions, the Giants' .500 record would put them squarely in the top half of teams.

10

19

19

19.8

20.5

19.7

.520

.500

18.9%

26.0%

44.9%

2.4%

3.5%

What's weirder: That Juan Pierre had two hits and is now hitting .340 or that Ty Wigginton pinch-hit for him and walked, singled, and stole a base?

11

20

17

19.3

19.1

18.7

.521

.501

18.9%

25.6%

44.5%

7.9%

1.6%

In 54 innings, Mark Buehrle has 29 strikeouts, nine walks, six homers allowed, two extra vowels, and partridge in a pear tree.

12

19

17

18.6

16.7

17.6

.499

.479

14.2%

38.6%

52.8%

7.1%

7.5%

Third base has been, uh, really bad for the Reds, so Todd Frazier's .293/.341/.659 must look, um, really good. Hey, they can't all be winners.

13

16

22

17.1

18.5

18.9

.464

.444

12.2%

7.1%

19.3%

5.5%

-3.9%

Just before he died, my grandfather took me aside and said, "Boy, when Jason Kubel is your best power threat you aren't much of a threat."

14

17

20

19.5

20.1

20.0

.518

.538

9.8%

29.5%

39.4%

0.8%

3.5%

After his seven horrendous starts somehow achieved a 4-1 record, Clay Buchholz finally got around to pitching well. So of course he lost.

15

17

21

18.3

19.1

19.7

.487

.507

9.4%

4.3%

13.8%

-2.4%

-5.5%

Hey Gavin Floyd! You have to be pretty bad to give up a homer to Albert Pujols!

16

23

14

20.5

23.9

22.9

.610

.591

8.3%

12.6%

20.9%

0.8%

0.8%

Batters are hitting .096 and slugging .145 when Gio Gonzalez has two strikes on them. They're hitting .100 and slugging .100 when he has three balls on them.

17

20

17

15.8

15.9

16.2

.459

.439

5.9%

6.3%

12.2%

-1.6%

-5.9%

Johan Santana in 43 2/3 innings: 46 strikeouts and 14 walks.

18

24

14

20.7

20.1

20.3

.560

.579

5.1%

18.9%

24.0%

6.3%

4.7%

The Orioles have played a 13-, a 17-, and now a 15-inning game, and won them all.

19

17

21

17.9

18.0

17.9

.466

.486

4.7%

41.3%

46.1%

8.7%

0.0%

With his second homer in a month and a half, Albert Pujols has now officially equaled the production the Angels expected out of him in the first week.

20

16

21

15.6

16.1

16.3

.432

.413

4.7%

27.2%

31.9%

-3.5%

0.8%

Through a mixup, the Brewers pitching staff gave up a run to the Bratwurst.

21

15

21

16.9

14.4

13.9

.418

.398

3.1%

0.8%

3.9%

0.4%

0.8%

More Amazing: Jamie Moyer's 6 1/3, one run, five strikeouts or that Moyer got two RBIs while beating out an infield single?

22

14

24

16.0

15.9

16.4

.409

.390

1.6%

0.8%

2.4%

0.4%

0.4%

From 2009 to 2011, Cameron Maybin walked in 7.8 percent of his plate appearances. This year he's walking in 12.8 percent.

23

20

18

21.4

19.8

19.7

.532

.552

1.2%

5.1%

6.3%

1.6%

-2.4%

Brett Lawrie went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, igniting a worldwide umpire celebration.

24

17

20

14.8

13.3

14.3

.401

.382

0.4%

0.4%

0.8%

-1.2%

-0.0%

One year at $4.5 million for Erik Bedard and his 3.07 ERA with 44 strikeouts in 41 innings could be the steal of the offseason. Unless all his ligaments start shooting out of his arm, decapitating his teammates. It could happen.

Totally agree! My comment was meant to question the odds of anyone's playoff chances being 0.0% in May. There's more to baseball than making the playoffs, and believing your team can still make the playoffs in the face of overwhelming evidence that they're probably not going to make the playoffs is one of those things.